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  4. Among the following, the number of species which can act as an electrophile as well as nucleophile is/are. RCOOH , RNC , NO 2-, RCONH 2, SCN- , ROR

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Q. Among the following, the number of species which can act as an electrophile as well as nucleophile is/are________.
$RCOOH , RNC , NO _{2}^{-}, RCONH _{2}, SCN^- , ROR$

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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Organic compound in which carbon is bonded to electronegative atom $( O , N , S )$ by double or triple bonds behave as electrophile as well as nucleophile. $NO _{2}^{-}$and $SCN ^{-}$are ambident nucleophiles.